April 2024
Terraformal dreaming
... under the ground or inside the rocks. And in that case, Sagan wrote, “if there is life on Mars, I believe we should do nothing with Mars. Mars then belongs to the Martians, even if the Martians are only microbes.” As astrobiologist David Grinspoon...
13 July 2020
UAE's mission to Mars scheduled for launch tomorrow
... state for advanced sciences, said during a news conference held on 9 July. "So it covers all regions of Mars at all local times at Mars, and that's a comprehensive understanding that fills in the gap of changes through time through different seasons...
08 February 2021
UAE Hope probe poised to enter Mars' orbit tomorrow
... will reach a final proximity of 1,062 kilometres from Mars, once the burn is complete and mission control staff back...surface. The probe is equipped with three instruments to examine Mars’ atmosphere in detail and will monitor, amongst other things,...
10 February 2021
Success for China as Tianwen-1 enters Mars' orbit
... engines to slow the vehicle down enough to be captured by Mars' gravitational pull. The crucial "braking" operation was activated at ...scientific operations. With the safe arrival of Tianwen-1 at Mars, China is now the sixth country to put a ...
18 February 2021
Success for NASA as Perseverance lands on Mars
... with our spacecraft throughout the solar system, but Mars surface missions take this commitment to another level,” said... more drones will be sent on subsequent missions, not only to Mars but also to Titan, to map the surfaces of these worlds ...
17 February 2021
Perseverance due to land on Mars tomorrow!
...nylon tethers. The rover is expected to touch down on the surface of Mars at human walking speed (about 2.7 kph or 1.7 mph) at around... relay capability added this past year to NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO). Engineers expect additional data ...
